| Baseball Heroes Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn (Author) |
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ISBN: 054741708X ISBN-13: 9780547417080 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Values & Virtues |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010006760 |
| Series: Good Sports (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.25" W x 7.61" (0.25 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Real Life Heroes |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 141503 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stout, Glenn: - GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont. |